The life and mysterious transactions of Richard Morris
Subtitle: better known by the name of Dick Spot the conjuror, particularly in Derbyshire and Shropshire
By: written by an old acquaintance, who was a critical observer of all his actions for more than fifty years ...
Contributors: McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Ann Lemoine ... and sold by T. Hurst ...
Published: 1799
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Morris, Richard, 1710-1793.; Fortune-tellers -- England -- Biography.
Other titles: Life of Dick Spot, the conjuror.
Notes: Caption title: Life of Dick Spot, the conjuror.
First published in 1798.
Signatures: A-D⁶.
LC copy imperfect: frontispiece wanting; p. 47-48 torn, with slight loss of print. Spine title: Dick Spot the conjuror.
Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.
Table of contents: title: (from t.p.) Singular, whimsical, and curious anecdotes of many living characters; title: Unaccountable and mysterious transactions; title: Lost property restored; title: Life preserved; title: Robberies prevented; title: Deaths frequently foretold (particularly that of the late unfortunate King of Sweden, which he declared in print more than three months before it happened); title: And proving every thing belonging to the history of this wonderful man, to have been beyond the settled rules by which human actions and life are in general regulated.